Sense 1out of play (predicate) -- ((of a ball) "a ball that is out of play is dead")

INDIRECT (VIA dead) -> live -- (exerting force or containing energy; "live coals"; "tossed a live cigarette out the window"; "got a shock from a live wire"; "live ore is unmined ore"; "a live bomb"; "a live ball is one in play")

Similarity of adj out_of_play

1 sense of out of play

Sense 1out of play (predicate) -- ((of a ball) "a ball that is out of play is dead") => dead (vs. live) -- (not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat; "Mars is a dead planet"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead")